As has been the case pretty much since the year began, the Purple One continues to gear up for ... well, presumably a new album and maybe a tour, but who can be sure with such an unpredictable legend?

What is for certain, according to the Associated Press, is that the 54-year-old enigma will appear Friday on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" to perform two songs. Whether they will be old or new cuts is anyone's guess, but it seems likely that at least one of them would be current, given Prince's trickling output lately.

He dropped the very '80s rocker "Screwdriver" late last month, officially offering it via iTunes on Feb. 4. That same day he launched a new site, 3rd Eye Girl, as a means to sell downloads of that track plus three more fresh out of the studio – "Live Out Loud," "That Girl Thang" and "Breakfast Can Wait" – along with two remixes, a demo and some live footage.

Should all this gather into an album, it will be Prince's first stateside release since 2009's Target exclusives Lotusflow3r and MPLSound. Its 10-track follow-up, 20Ten, was only given away with copies of the U.K.'s Daily Mirror and Daily Record and has yet to properly surface here.

It isn't the only televised appearance he's made lately, of course – he turned up at the Grammys to present record of the year to winner Gotye and sat down with the women of "The View" last September.

Also expected to appear on Fallon's show Friday night is "American Idol" judge Mariah Carey, while former Hüsker Dü frontman Bob Mould turns up on Thursday.

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